How To Install sendxmpp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp in Fedora 36. sendxmpp is Perl script to send XMPP messages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp on Fedora 36.

What is sendxmpp

Sendxmpp is a Perl script to send XMPP (Jabber) messages from the command line, similar to what mail(1) does for mail. Messages can be sent both to individual recipients and chat rooms.

We can use yum or dnf to install sendxmpp on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sendxmpp.

Install sendxmpp on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sendxmpp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sendxmpp

Install sendxmpp on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sendxmpp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sendxmpp

How To Uninstall sendxmpp on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the sendxmpp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sendxmpp

sendxmpp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/sendxmpp
/usr/share/doc/sendxmpp
/usr/share/doc/sendxmpp/Changes
/usr/share/doc/sendxmpp/README
/usr/share/man/man1/sendxmpp.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).